No Bake Halo Halo cake - How to make no bake Ube Custard Cake (Steamed cake)
Cake ingredients:
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 tbsp powdered milk
- 4 egg yolks
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1/4 cup water
- 1 1/2 tsp ube flavor
- 1 tsp violet food color
Meringue:
- 4 eggs whites
- 1 tsp white vinegar
- 1/2 cup white sugar
Leche flan:
- 7 tbsp sugar(5 for custard cake + 2 tbsp llanera)
- 4 whole eggs
- 1 cup evaporated milk
- 150g condensed milk
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
Toppings:
- 1 cup halo-halo mix
- 1/3 cup red nata de coco
- 1/3 cup green nata de coco
- 1 tbsp leche flan(more if needed)
- 1 tbsp ube halaya
Frosting:
- 2 cups whip cream powder
- 1 cup very cold water
- 1 tsp ube flavor
- 1 tsp violet food color
Instruction:
- Caramelize 3 tbsp of sugar
- Leche flan mixture: Combine eggs, evaporated milk, vanilla essence and condensed milk
- Pour half of the leche flan mixture into the cake pan with caramelized sugar
- Pour the remaining flan mixture into the llanera and steam until done
- Cake base procedure: Combine egg yolks, water and vegetable oil
- Combine all purpose flour, powdered milk, baking powder, salt and sugar
- Combine dry and wet ingredients
- Add violet food color and ube flavor. Mix well
- Bring 1 liter of water to a boil
- Meringue: Beat egg whites unil foamy
- Add white vinegar and beat until soft peaks form
- Gradually add sugar and beat until stiff peaks form
- Gently fold meringue into the cake batter
- Pour half of the cake batter into the cake pan
- Steam over med. low heat for 25-30 min.
- Cool cake in the pan for 5 min. Unmold the cake and cool completely
- Cook the other half of the cake batter for 15-20min. over med. low heat
Ube whipped cream frosting:
- Combine whip cream powder, very cold water, ube flavor and violet food color
- Mix until creamy and doubled in size
Assemble:
- Place the second layer of cake on top of the custard
- Frost the whole cake
- Add halo halo toppings
- Best served cold
